Study hospitality on a modern campus in the center of a cosmopolitan city.

Chicago is a buzzing hub of business and tourism that puts world-famous culture, restaurants, events and shopping at your doorstep. Explore your new home — and the rest of the USA.

Welcome to Les Roches Chicago.

A Hospitality Education in the Swiss Tradition

Les Roches is the first Swiss hospitality school to offer a campus in the US. At Les Roches Chicago, you benefit from a Swiss-style education and opportunities to network with key American and international brands.
With precision, detail and excellence at its core, the quality and rigor of Swiss hospitality training is well known across the world and among international employers. Leading companies recruit Swiss-educated managers for their high standards and innovative approaches to global business challenges.

NO BETTER PLACE TO BUILD YOUR HOSPITALITY CAREER

To learn how to perform at the highest levels of hospitality service, it helps to be exposed to the best in the business. Students learning at universities and graduate schools in Chicago truly have a living classroom at their doorstep. Those who decide to pursue a hospitality degree in Chicago are in a particularly privileged position. Les Roches’ Chicago campus is at the epicenter of one of America’s most dynamic, innovative hospitality cities, surrounded by more than 7,300 restaurants and a booming hotel industry.

Recent additions to the landscape include the first American outpost of Virgin Hotels, the Godfrey Hotel, SOHO House, Loews Hotels & Resorts, the Langham, LondonHouse and Trump Tower, while plans are in progress for newcomers like Viceroy Hotel Group, Nobu Hotel and a 40-story Marriott Marquis. All of this makes Chicago the perfect case study for hospitality management school students.

Interested in sports marketing? Chicago is an all-season sports city with four major stadiums. Luxury retail? The Magnificent Mile is one of the great shopping avenues and among the top ten hospitality, dining and retail destinations in the world. Whatever hospitality sector interests you, it’s likely to be thriving in Chicago, which has 29 Fortune 500 companies and ranks second (after New York City) among American cities with the fastest growing small businesses.

A Chicago Success Story

Jan Willem Verweij, Les Roches Class of 2007
When Jan Willem Verweij met a Peninsula hotel recruiter during a Career Days event at Les Roches, he did not suspect that this encounter would change the course of his life. He liked the recruiter and he was interested in the Peninsula, but as a college senior from the Netherlands he had never even visited America, much less imagined moving there to start his career as a management trainee at a 5-star hotel in Chicago.

Nine years later, Jan is the director of front office at the Peninsula Chicago, where he has risen through the ranks as the front desk manager, interim spa manager and assistant director of housekeeping, among other roles. “I would never have dreamed in a million years this could happen,” Jan says today. “I didn’t plan to stay in one place for 9 years but the opportunities kept coming, I was able to grow, and it never became dull.”More Les Roches Success Stories

City of Chicago

Relax on miles of lakefront beaches, go to the theater, visit art galleries, or treat yourself to a meal at one of the city’s many Michelin-starred restaurants. In Chicago, there is always something to do.

America’s third-largest city is a buzzing financial and tourism center, but it’s also a down-to-earth place known for its friendly attitude. As a city that regularly hosts major cultural, entertainment and sporting events, Chicago is the perfect place to catch once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

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Discover the US

With two international airports right in Chicago, you will have no problem exploring the United States and beyond during your studies.

You can spend a weekend discovering world-famous cities like New York, San Francisco and Miami or visiting stunning scenery in America’s national parks. For a taste of real Americana, hit the road — America’s most famous historic highway, Route 66, starts in Chicago.